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Daniel Stenberg
2025-09-08
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_ENVIRONMENT.md: document NETRC
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| @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ number specifies the number of "network bits" out of the address to use in the | |
| comparison (added in 7.86.0). For example "192.168.0.0/16" would match all | |
| addresses starting with "192.168". | |
| - | ## `APPDATA <dir>` |
| + | ## `APPDATA <directory>` |
| On Windows, this variable is used when trying to find the home directory. If | |
| the primary home variables are all unset. | |
| @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ using other ways. | |
| If set, it is used as the --cacert value. This environment variable is ignored | |
| if Schannel is used as the TLS backend. | |
| - | ## `CURL_HOME <dir>` |
| + | ## `CURL_HOME <directory>` |
| If set, is the first variable curl checks when trying to find its home | |
| directory. If not set, it continues to check *XDG_CONFIG_HOME* | |
| @@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ If set, this is used to find the home directory when that is needed. Like when | |
| looking for the default .curlrc. *CURL_HOME* and *XDG_CONFIG_HOME* | |
| have preference. | |
| + | ## `NETRC <path>` |
| + | If set, this is used to find the `.netrc` file. It overrides all other netrc |
| + | file location mechanisms and should be set to the full file path. |
| + | (Added in curl 8.16.0) |
| + | |
| ## `QLOGDIR <directory>` | |
| If curl was built with HTTP/3 support, setting this environment variable to a | |
| local directory makes curl produce **qlogs** in that directory, using file | |